When Your Soulmate Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director. by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Grief is everything we think and feel inside after someone or something we care about is taken away from us. Grief can be sadness. Grief can be […]
Embracing the Sadness of Grief
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.” — Marianne Williamson Sadness is a hallmark symptom of […]
Healing Your Grief About Getting Older
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “Wish not so much to live long, but to live well.” — Benjamin Franklin A simple truth is that from the day we enter into this world, we start […]
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Holidays are often difficult for anyone who has experienced the death of someone loved. Rather than being times of family togetherness, sharing and thanksgiving, holidays can bring feelings […]
Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Your baby has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the […]
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Parent Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Your mother or father has died. Whether you had a good, bad or indifferent relationship with the parent who died, your feelings for him or her were probably […]
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Allow Yourself to Mourn Your child has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts […]
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Few events in life are as painful as the death of your spouse. You may be uncertain you will survive this overwhelming loss. At times, you may be […]
Will I Befriend My Feelings Or Will I Deny, Repress, Or Inhibit Them?
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “I don’t have to go in search of the pain of grief—it finds me. It’s when I deny or insulate myself from the pain of the loss that […]
Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Loved Dies
Welcome to the Griefwords Online Library Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition – Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Someone You Love Has Died You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding […]